Jeremy Boyd

ASP.NET MVC Model Binding with XVal

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:21:19 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "......look at what is involved with handling submission of a form where the target is a LightSpeed entity...Here is the code and associated database setup script...to cover what we have done so far..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET

MVC and LightSpeed Site Setup Walkthrough

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:42:41 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...First step is to set up an ASP.NET MVC site instance called “Web”, this is easily achieved using the VS template...the only thing I probably want to add to this is a bit of Output caching to avoid generating unnecessary work on the server...Here is the code and associated database setup script...to cover what we have done so far. Also remember to download and install LightSpeed...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET

Silverlight 2 Reader App for the Blind and Partially Sighted

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:42:28 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes " ...he had just pushed out a great new Silverlight app timed with MIX 09...It’s a Silverlight based audio book reader and was developed in conjunction with Microsoft for The Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind. You can check out...the reader itself..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

News From MIX on ASP.NET MVC and Azure

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:00:05 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes " ...ASP.NET MVC was officially launched as part of MIX 09 today and you can now grab it in either source or binary forms...One of the other interesting tidbits to come out of the keynote this morning was Azure now supporting full trust deployments which..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

ASP.NET MVC Model Code and Script for UnitTests

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:20:52 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...I would also highly recommend TestDriven.NET or Resharper to give you IDE integration to execute tests via shortcut keys in scope of whatever you are currently working with...which speeds things up quite a lot...Here is the code and associated database setup script..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET

ACE Data Model Details and the New SDS Features

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:32:11 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "... he suggests the ACE model will be discontinued over time – I suspect the Azure team will be keen enough to drop this as soon as is practical, but I believe if you still want to use the ACE model you can opt for the lower level Azure Table Storage approach. The other implication..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

4 Steps to Setting up a New Project at Mindscape

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:51:10 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...Like most development teams we use quite a bit of assistance in the form of automated scripts, supplementary tools as well as Visual Studio for getting the job done. So to give you a better insight...I thought I would quickly elaborate on what we would do if we were setting up a new project..."

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InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

ASP.NET MVC Real World Solution and How it Worked

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:17:40 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...So what did we learn?...By itself, the framework alone is not going to cut it for most real world apps...The model binding capabilities are great...Having now built solutions using WebForms, Monorail and even Rails, there are a number of clear benefits I think can be gained by using MVC...If none of those benefits apply or are high priorities, then you might find you are best off sticking with something else, but I reckon MVC is the way forward for building web applications..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

Surface Second Light Shows Great Potential for Human Interaction

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:49:22 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...then one of the most awesome pieces of tech I have seen in a long time was the next generation Surface hardware called "Second Light". Basically it takes a Surface computer, but the cameras now start scanning through the projection screen and look for objects to interact with outside the unit. This means you can interact physically with the device..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Velocity CTP2 a Distributed Caching Product Now Available

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:10:53 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "At TechEd this year I gave a session on Distributed Caching and drilled in to a bit of detail around a product Microsoft is currently developing called Project "Velocity". I also mentioned that CTP2 was going to be released at the PDC - and it has! Today you can download the CTP2 bits..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Web and User Experience

C# 4.0 and Beyond

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:28:28 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...we are starting to look to draw on benefits from functional programming, dynamic languages and statically typed languages at the same time depending on the problem we are trying to solve...Personally I can certainly see a lot of benefit in this...the bit which really interested me came towards the end...the C# compiler in managed code..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

VSTS 2010 What You Should Care About

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:43:38 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "In a nutshell, the main areas of focus have been in the Testing and Architecture space. In particular the testing space seems to have gotten the bulk of the work discussed so far...Here are the main things I think you should care about..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Developer Tools and Languages

Windows 7 Has Significant Multi-Touch Potential

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:42:13 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "... been told there have been some reasonably significant improvements on the perf front which help remove a lot of the I/O killing operations we used to see and also be smarted on the locking front to avoid app hangs and the like. However the one thing that I think is really cool...potential for multi-touch to enable some really nice human interaction models with applications..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

Office 14 Really Blew Me Away: PDC Recap

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:32:35 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "I was really blown away with what was previewed with the sneak peek of Office 14...The demo highlighted in the online capabilities of the Office 14 products (Office for the Web), not in a simple OWA mode, but in a full fidelity client experience....Another theme I was quite impressed with was the commitment to connectivity of sharing and syncing data across devices..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Office System

VSTS 2010 What You Should Care About: PDC Session Recap

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:48:07 GMT

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

VSTS 2010: What Really Caught My Eye is the "no repro problem" Feature

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:18:27 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "In a nutshell, the main areas of focus have been in the Testing and Architecture space. In particular the testing space seems to have gotten the bulk of the work discussed so far. The architecture improvements focus around better support for standard modelling using UML - so thats nice. Here are the main things I think you should care about..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Windows Azure Allows You to Host Virtual Machines

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:54:24 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...The platform itself looks reasonably interesting and offers a point of difference from Amazon's EC2...On top of the platform are a number of services which developers can leverage. At the base level you have storage and compute - similar to Amazon, all based on the .NET Framework and SQL Server of course. Above that are higher level services...You can check out more details"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

PDC08 Cloud Platform is Center Stage

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:22:19 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...managed to get a seat in row 3 of the keynote hall to hear from Ray Ozzie on the future of the Software + Services vision and what Microsoft has in store with us with this mysterious cloud platform. I expect we will be hearing some interesting announcements..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Good Day LA

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:17:39 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "This PDC has been 3 years in the waiting, but looks to be well worth the wait. Im quite interested in what Microsoft is going to be talking about in the cloud space, particularly given the interesting (and very cool) move by Amazon..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

New build of SQL Server 2008 available

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:14:38 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "As expected, this is likely to be the last public build put out prior to final release, and has been put out to co-incide with TechEd over in the US. Its pretty much a feature complete build, although there is some minor functionality being committed prior to release."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

New build of SQL Server 2008 available

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:42:54 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...if you have an MSDN or TechNet subscription, there is now a new release of SQL Server 2008 available for you to work with - Release Candidate 0 (RC0)...Its pretty much a feature complete build, although there is some minor functionality being committed prior to release."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Database Platform

Tried, tested and crossed over to Windows Search 4.0

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:11:06 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...If you are running Vista, you may have found some issues with the integrated Windows Search, particularly if also running Outlook with very large PST files *grumble* If you are also in this boat, I can happily recommend installing the new Windows Search 4.0 - its a good incremental improvement..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

Tried, tested and crossed over to Windows Search 4.0

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:07:54 GMT

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Web and User Experience

Now this is useful - Map Control in SSMS

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:22:20 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...great freebie for working with SPATIAL data in SQL 2008...the new map control which has been included it into SSMS...which gives you a quick visualization about a shape when returning in a record set. Useful!"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Database Platform

SQL 2008 Q&A: Transparent Data Encryption

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:52:27 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "When you enabled encryption for the database, the cursor returned immediately. Did it really go to disk and change all the data on disk? No - it spawned a background thread which performs the initial encryption work. While this is running maintainence operations on the database are not able to be run, so if you are encrypting a large existing database...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

Expectying MIX to deliver a few bits

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:21 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....Also interesting in terms of timing, is last weeks launch of Adobe AIR. With Flash now reaching out to the desktop market, I think we will start to see a bigger push from Microsoft in getting developers to move towards WPF on the Desktop and Silverlight for the Web. Battle on, and I expect plenty of salvos to be fired from MIX....interesting week ahead - cant wait to get playing with the new Silverlight bits"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Issue with Remote Desktop and /console

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:09:48 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Previously, you were able to use the /console switch to connect to the console session of a machine. With the latest RDP client someone in their infinite wisdom decided to change that switch to /admin without leaving any backwards compatibility in place :\ So rest assured you can still connect to console settings...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Laptop waking up in your bag? Fix for a deep sleep

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:42:24 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....no end of problems with the old laptop wakes up in bag and burns my hands when I take it out issue....how to use the powercfg command....this will enumerate all of the devices which can actually wake your laptop up. On my laptop there were actually a lot more devices than I would have expected....And like magic you now have control"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Taking a look at Service Hosting under IIS7

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:25:11 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "When you get this set up for the first time, make sure you also enable the protocols you need under the Advanced Settings...One tip here is to make sure you dont include any spaces between the comma and the protocol name. The input is parsed very literally on the comma seperated values....So in a nutshell, IIS7 and WAS give us everything we need now to deploy all of our WCF service...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

Hey - I didn't ask for that!

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:11:21 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....So I noticed something new today while doing some packet sniffing; When I perform a search in Google, my browser makes another request.. to the first search result that is returned....Lastly, one other thing I wonder about is how many sites believe they are getting referrals, but are really only getting prefetches? Curious.."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Zune Zapped by USB Port

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:52:51 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....the firmware update process consists of a the Zune software uploading a new CAB file to the Zune and then triggering a series of reboots.....the problem seems to stem from being connected to a particular USB port which the device doesnt like...For those of you with bricked Zunes desperately searching for some help, I hope this solves your problem since it sorted mine."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Tackling an Invalid Directory Name

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:33:08 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "So what to do? Well after trying a few approaches I thought I would give Unlocker a try - running it reported no locks, but it offered to help anyway so I asked it to delete the directory and what do you know, it sorted it...its very interesting (and useful) that it can cater for these types of issues as well."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : TechTalk

Visual Studio 2008 used exclusively

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:07:25 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....its proved to be very fast and very solid - so I would highly recommend you look at making the move forward - start by checking out the 2008 trial versions"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

You are going to love this change: INSERT INTO enhancement

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:11:24 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "INSERT INTO has gotten a small makeover in SQL Server 2008 which now allows you to specify multiple rows as part of a single statement.... it’s a great little enhancement for people generating data insert scripts so that the data can be inserted as a single statement....I was surprised how many people commented to me after my TechEd session about how they loved this change....To make use of it"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Database Platform

Example of a Table Value Parameters in SQL 2008

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:50:51 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Table Value Parameters are a small new T-SQL enhancement in SQL Server 2008 which allows us to pass through a TABLE value instance as a parameter to a stored procedure. This is a welcome new addition....let’s look at an example...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

SQL 2008: Let's take a look at MERGE

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:46:48 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "I had a strong level of feedback from the TechEd session I ran on SQL2008 commenting on how useful it was to get some good understanding about the new features being introduced....One of the first features introduced with the SQL 2008 CTP series is going to be.... the introduction of a new statement called MERGE....Lets have a look at how it works."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Database Platform

TechEd New Zealand: SQL 2008 session slides

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:06:16 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....had quite a few people comment on the SQL 2008 session so I will be following this up with some blog posts around SQL 2008 over the coming month or so...In the mean-time here are the slides decks from the sessions"

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TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Database Platform

Amusement at TechEd Australia

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:20:47 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....poor guy had to defend the table full of donuts for 30 minutes ....they set up a number of zones where you could rock up with a laptop and start presenting to a crowd of people who wanted to hear you talk. There were various tiers of stage so you could present 1 on 1, 1 to few or 1 to many....Pretty cool"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Extras : TechEd Logistics and Buzz

YSlow using IIS?

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:11:40 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Recently Yahoo put out a developer tool to snap into Firebug called YSlow. It analyzes a given web page and generates a marked score for a number of "performance traits" of the site. If a page can be improved, YSlow gives some tips on what can be improved....If you are using IIS 6 like me, you are likely to be failing on a couple of the rules:"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

How Composite Web Block is used on BackgroundMotion

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:25:35 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "In Australia I will be talking about the Composite Web Block and how we used it on BackgroundMotion. We will be covering off what the block is, what benefits it affords you and how it leverages MVP and DI...I will also be keen to tell anyone who wants to hear about LightSpeed so feel free to ping me for a quick demo and chat if you are interested!"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Events
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Web and User Experience

USB key giveaway at TechEd Australia

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:25:28 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "going to give away some free USB keys to the first 50 people who do the Threat Modelling hands on lab this year, so if you want to get one of those as well as check out the new Enterprise Threat Modelling tool then head off to the labs and get yourself sorted."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Architecture

Workaround for svcutil.exe error

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:03:31 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Trying to run svcutil.exe to generate your WCF proxies and getting this....What you need to do is add a verification entry for the tool like this: "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : SOA and Business Processes

VS 2008 Beta 2 Example on Codeplex

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:33:02 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "For those of you having a play with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, we have put up a port of BackgroundMotion thats compatible with the new 3.5 LINQ and ASP.NET AJAX bits. Its available for download..."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : ASPNET
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

BackgroundMotion for use with Windows DreamScene

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:55:50 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Earlier in the year we did some work to build a community style video/image sharing web site based on the latest technologies and blocks as an example of how to build a composite web application....The source code for the entire solution is also freely available on CodePlex for you to download and re-use "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : NET Framework

VS 2005 R2 SP1 baked

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:42:49 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....This is great as it brings Virtual Server back onto par with Virtual PC 2007 which provided hardware assisted virtualization based on the latest generation of CPU's. Its also good because SP1 represents a bridging solution until the true Hypervisor assisted virtualization appears as an add-on for Server 2008 later in the year "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

Silverlight on Windows Safari

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:09:24 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "So I noticed that Silverlight wasnt working on Safari while browsing around doing some testing this morning....it would likely be possible to get it working via some updates to the Silverlight javascript....we are back cooking with gas! "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Web and User Experience

SQL Server 2008 out of the gate!

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:41:11 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "SQL Server 2008 (aka Katmai) has been launched for public consumption as a new round of CTP goodness begins for the 2008 wave....I expect we will be hearing a lot more about SQL 2008 at TechEd NZ/AU later this year, but in the meantime now is that point in time where you can get on board early and skill up"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : SQL Server

Orcas - what I like about it so far

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:28:00 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "We have been dogfooding Orcas for the last couple of months at work here. My personal impression so far has been quite positive - its a great rollup...."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio

Kick-start your Sidebar Gadget development

Mon, 21 May 2007 16:03:12 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Based on feedback from a number of people interested in developing Gadgets for the Windows Sidebar, we have put together a community template to help kick-start your Sidebar Gadget development. The template includes: "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Windows Client

Getting SSIS and WCF to talk together

Sat, 12 May 2007 14:02:16 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....The problem presents itself when using the Web Service Task in SSIS and trying to bind to a WCF based endpoint which is exposed using a basicHttpBinding....After having a look into this, we found that the problem stemmed from SSIS's apparent lack of being able to digest the xsd:import's being generated by WCF "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Windows Communication Foundation

Project Astoria - a toolkit

Tue, 01 May 2007 22:39:17 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "One of the other things launching today is a project which seems to fit as part of the ASP.NET "Futures" works which is all about delivering the next wave of web applications with technologies like ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight etc. The project - codenamed Astoria gives you a toolkit to build and expose data services"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

You can Patch the Composite Web Block Error in Orcas

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:24:29 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "If you have been looking at Orcas Beta 1 recently and using the Web Client Software Factory (or Composite Web Block) you may have run into the following error: [ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: item]....The problem comes from an assertion check"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
InDepthTalk.net : Topics : Visual Studio
InDepthTalk.net : Editors Picks

Applications and Vista Sidebar Gadgets - sky's the limit

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:03:38 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "....great opportunities to use Gadgets as a rich surface to present application functionality or information out to users at a desktop level. For example in the enterprise you could use this to surface your typical portal style applications or information in a way that allows personalisation"

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd

DeBugger tip for Gadget Development

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:43:06 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "One tip which is very useful for your Gadget development is to wire up script debugging so you can debug into your Gadget JS from Visual Studio and work out whats going on.....Once your debugger is attached your breakpoints and watches will all operate as expected."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Windows Client

Gadgets and PowerShell

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:39:19 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "...one other quite cool set of Gadgets are PowerGadgets. This is a product which allows any PowerShell output to be directed into a Gadget host using a set of custom cmdlet extensions."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
TechEdBloggers.net : TechEd : Tracks : Windows Client

Quartz Designer

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:52:29 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "This session showed off the new Quartz designer, and generally spent some time covering off across the Expression suite in context of how much Microsoft is commited to sorting out the whole "percieved lack" of strong standards support in the tools. Quartz offers some very cool things such as CSS explorers, reporters and XSLT drag and drop designers. The demo that was done was very cool - and was the first time Ive seen a properly done website in a demo scenario - no shortcuts taken, none needed..."

View the session list for the Presentation track.
Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Tracks : Presentation

Office 12 XML format

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:58:18 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Think of a Word doc with an imbedded image - the image is just a resource inside the zip container - so you could swap it out without having to do anything in the tool, just some zip magic..."

View the session list for the Office and SharePoint track.
Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Tracks : Office and SharePoint

Visual Studio 2005 RC and SQL 2005 CTP up on MSDN

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:55:08 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "The Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate, and SQL Server 2005 CTP are now posted up on MSDN subscriber downloads... "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Community

New Office 12 user interface

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:41:41 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "One of the big new visual change in Office 12 is the new menu interface, which gives a task focused view on how users interact with the tool..."

View the session list for the Office and SharePoint track.
Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Tracks : Office and SharePoint

New Office 12 user interface

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:36:31 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "One of the very useful new changes was the visual previewing which gives you a visual apply of changes as you mouse over options become you apply... "

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Extras

Interesting stuff announced this morning

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:31:25 GMT

Jeremy Boyd writes "Office 12 looks to be probably one of the hot topics for the week, and I believe will really give a great platform for allowing us to provide integration of business services inside the standard LOB apps which most people are using every day. .."

Bloggers : Jeremy Boyd
PDCBloggers.net : Extras